Examining impact of alienation from work on components of organizational health Abstract

gholam hosein nikookar¹ somayeh soleimani²

1) imam hosein university
2) islamic azad university general tehran branch

IOI Code : XYCG-AEABA
Publication : international conference of Management Elites(icme.ir)
Abstract :
    Present study tries to examine impact of alienation from work on staff s organizational health on Ilam universities (medical sciences, Ilam state university, Ilam Azad University, PNU, university of science and research, science and applied university, SAMA University) except for academic department chairpersons. Research method of this research is a descriptive survey. Population of study consists of 1050 subjects, among whom 330 individuals were selected using Cochran s formulae and Proportional stratified random sampling method. In order to collect data, two inventories of Hoy and Tarter s organizational health (1991) and Sedaghatifard s alienation from work (2009) were applied, for whose validity (confirmatory factor analysis) and reliability (Cronbach s alpha), structural equations way (factor analysis and path analysis) was applied for examining relations among variables. Obtained results from structural equations analysis indicates fit of the model for impact of alienation from work on organizational health with effect coefficient of β=- 0.43 and its significance respecting fit criteria. Alienation from work has the highest effect on aspect of manager s morale and influence with indirect effect coefficient of -0.44. Finally, Lizrel s output with values of t= -6.74 and r= -0.43 explain relation between alienation from work and organizational health. Therefore, there a negative significant relation between alienation from work and organizational health, if work alienation is reduced scores of organizational health components would be increased.

Keywords : organizational health alienation from work universities of ilam